Dec 22 In landmark ruling, orangutan granted legal 'person' status in Argentina By Joshua Barajas A court in Argentina ruled Sunday that an orangutan was entitled to some basic rights as a "non-human individual" and can live in a partially free primate sanctuary, local media reported. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 25:23 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 21, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 21, authorities investigate the murder of two New York City police officers and its possible link to recent protests against police, the National Labor Relations Board files a formal complaint against McDonald's and it… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 1:54 Viewers respond to report on controversy over Georgia mosque By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments in response to a NewsHour Weekend report on controversy surrounding the opening of a mosque in a town in Georgia. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 25:21 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 20, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 20, North Korea says it was not behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures and warns of consequences if the U.S. retaliates and in Iraq, Kurdish forces supported by U.S. airstrikes make gains against… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 3:59 What's behind the recent retreat of ISIS in Northern Iraq? By PBS News Hour Over the past few days, pro-Western Kurdish fighters, with the aid of American air power, have forced ISIS fighters in Northern Iraq to retreat from territory they seized last summer. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies… Continue watching
Dec 20 China arrests US aid worker on North Korea border By Carey Reed Chinese authorities arrested Christian missionary Peter Hahn near the China-North Korea border on Friday. Continue reading
Dec 20 North Korea calls Sony hack claims 'slander,' threatens to retaliate By Andrew Mach Leaders in North Korea on Saturday called the Obama Administration's accusations that it was behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures "groundless slander" and threatened to retaliate unless the United States agreed to conduct a joint investigation with them. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 6:30 Tunisia elections will test fragile democracy and security By PBS News Hour Four years ago, a dramatic act by a Tunisian street vendor prompted weeks of protests, the ousting of a president who had ruled for 25 years and an eruption of upheaval and transformation around the Arab world. In collaboration with… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch How should the U.S. government respond to North Korea's attack on Sony? By PBS News Hour President Obama told the White House Press Corps that Sony was wrong to withdraw its film, “The Interview,” and that the U.S. would react “proportionally” to the damaging cyber-attack by North Korea. Judy Woodruff turns to Dmitri Alperovitch of CrowdStrike… Continue watching
Dec 19 Obama: 'Sony made a mistake' in shelving 'The Interview' By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Obama administration says it's determined the North Korean government was behind a devastating hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment. The FBI announcement Friday is the first official statement blaming the isolated country for the cyber-attack. Continue reading